vivo X500, X500 Pro and X500 Pro Max hands-on review

Introduction

We attended the Chinese motorboat of the vivo X500 bid contiguous successful Shanghai, and this year, vivo has not 2 but 3 handsets successful the lineup. While past year's roster included lone the X300 and X300 Pro, the vivo X500 bid welcomes a 3rd subordinate - the vivo X500 Pro Max. That doesn't mean determination volition beryllium nary X500 Ultra exemplary adjacent year, but it means it's adjacent harder to marque consciousness of which instrumentality to get, truthful let's spot if we tin assistance with that.

The item of this year's camera experience, however, is the video signaling capabilities. Vivo has focused connected bringing professional-grade video seizure to each 3 phones, though the champion features and hardware are reserved for the Pro and Pro Max models.

vivo X500 Pro Max specs astatine a glance:

• Body: 163.3x76.8x8.1mm, 225g; Glass front, aluminum frame, solid backmost oregon glass-fiber reinforced integrative back; IP68/IP69 particulate choky and h2o resistant (high unit h2o jets; immersible up to 1.5m for 30 min).
• Display: 6.85" LTPO AMOLED, 1B colors, 144Hz, HDR10+, Dolby Vision, 2000 nits (HBM), 4400 nits (peak), 1440x3168px resolution, 19.8:9 facet ratio, 507ppi; Ultra HDR representation support.
• Chipset: Mediatek Dimensity 9600 Pro (2 nm).
• Memory: 256GB 12GB RAM, 512GB 12GB RAM, 512GB 16GB RAM, 1TB 12GB RAM, 1TB 16GB RAM; UFS 4.1.
• OS/Software: Android 17, up to 5 large OS updates, OriginOS 7.
• Rear camera: Wide (main): 50 MP, f/1.6, 24mm, 1/1.28", 1.22µm, PDAF, OIS; Telephoto: 200 MP, f/2.7, 85mm, 1/1.4", 0.56µm, multi-directional PDAF, OIS, 3.5x optical zoom; Ultra wide angle: 50 MP, f/2.0, 15mm, 119˚, 1/2.75", 0.64µm, AF.
• Front camera: 50 MP, f/2.0, 20mm (wide), 1/2.76", 0.64µm, AF.
• Video capture: Rear camera: 8K@30fps, 4K@30/60/120/240fps, 1080p@30/60/120/240fps, 17 EV TrueDynamic Log, Dolby Vision HDR, 4K@120fps 10-bit Log, 10-bit 422 APV; Front camera: 4K@30/60fps, 1080p@30/60fps.
• Battery: 8000mAh; 90W wired, 40W wireless, Reverse wireless, Reverse wired.
• Connectivity: 5G; eSIM; Wi-Fi 7; BT 5.4/6.0, aptX HD, LHDC 5; NFC; Infrared port.
• Misc: Fingerprint scholar (under display, ultrasonic); stereo speakers; Satellite connectivity enactment (Chinese 1TB 12GB RAM mentation only).

Curiously, the vivo X500 Pro is the smallest telephone of the three, which was not the lawsuit past year. It has a rather compact 6.36-inch display, arsenic opposed to the 6.85" connected the Pro Max, without making immoderate important concessions but possibly the telephoto camera.

Both phones person 85 mm telephoto lenses, but lone the X500 Pro Max has a 200MP sensor. The X500 Pro features a 64MP telephoto portion instead. Still, it has a brand-new 1/2-type Lytia 610 sensor co-developed by vivo and Sony.

The X500 Pro and X500 Pro Max main cameras debut the Sony Lytia L910 LOFIC sensor that's touted to diagnostic highly wide dynamic range.

The X500 Pro shares the Dimensity 9600 Pro with the X500 Pro Max, and some person LTPO screens with Dolby Vision video support.

vivo X500 Pro specs astatine a glance:

• Body: 151.8x71.9x8.1mm, 192g; Glass front, aluminum frame, solid backmost oregon glass-fiber reinforced integrative back; IP68/IP69 particulate choky and h2o resistant (high unit h2o jets; immersible up to 1.5m for 30 min).
• Display: 6.36" LTPO AMOLED, 1B colors, 144Hz, HDR10+, Dolby Vision, 2000 nits (HBM), 4500 nits (peak), 1216x2660px resolution, 19.69:9 facet ratio, 459ppi; Ultra HDR representation support.
• Chipset: Mediatek Dimensity 9600 Pro (2 nm).
• Memory: 256GB 12GB RAM, 512GB 12GB RAM, 1TB 12GB RAM; UFS 4.1.
• OS/Software: Android 17, up to 5 large OS updates, OriginOS 7.
• Rear camera: Wide (main): 50 MP, f/1.6, 24mm, 1/1.28", 1.22µm, PDAF, OIS; Telephoto: 64 MP, f/2.5, 85mm, 1/2.0", 0.7µm, PDAF (18cm - ∞), OIS, 3.5x optical zoom; Ultra wide angle: 50 MP, f/2.0, 15mm, 119˚, 1/2.75", 0.64µm, AF.
• Front camera: 50 MP, f/2.0, 20mm (wide), 1/2.76", 0.64µm, AF.
• Video capture: Rear camera: 8K@30fps, 4K@30/60/120/240fps, 1080p@30/60/120/240fps, 17 EV TrueDynamic Log, Dolby Vision HDR, 4K@120fps 10-bit Log, 10-bit 422 APV; Front camera: 4K@30/60fps, 1080p@30/60fps.
• Battery: 6510mAh; 90W wired, 40W wireless, Reverse wireless, Reverse wired.
• Connectivity: 5G; eSIM; Wi-Fi 7; BT 5.4/6.0, aptX HD, LHDC 5; NFC; Infrared port.
• Misc: Fingerprint scholar (under display, ultrasonic); stereo speakers.

The vanilla X500 has a 6.59" screen, a somewhat shorter 72mm telephoto lens, but down it is the aforesaid sensor arsenic connected the X500 Pro.

All 3 phones diagnostic ample batteries. The X500 Pro Max gets a peculiarly ample 8,000 mAh portion (7.800 mAh for the planetary variant), and the vanilla features a 7,500 mAh cell.

The X500 Pro settles for the smaller 6,510 mAh capableness of the three, which coincidentally is the aforesaid capableness the planetary X300 Pro had past year, but you person to retrieve that the Pro this twelvemonth is simply a overmuch smaller and lighter telephone than the X300 Pro.

vivo X500 specs astatine a glance:

• Body: 157.0x75.0x8.2mm, 211g; Glass front, aluminum frame, solid back; IP68/IP69 particulate choky and h2o resistant (high unit h2o jets; immersible up to 1.5m for 30 min).
• Display: 6.59" AMOLED, 1B colors, 144Hz, HDR10+, 2000 nits (HBM), 4000 nits (peak), 1260x2750px resolution, 19.64:9 facet ratio, 459ppi.
• Chipset: Mediatek Dimensity 9600M (3 nm).
• Memory: 256GB 12GB RAM, 512GB 12GB RAM, 1TB 12GB RAM; UFS 4.1.
• OS/Software: Android 17, up to 5 large OS updates, OriginOS 7.
• Rear camera: Wide (main): 50 MP, f/1.7, 23mm, 1/1.28", 1.22µm, PDAF, OIS; Telephoto: 64 MP, f/2.6, 72mm, 1/2.0", 0.7µm, PDAF (15cm - ∞), OIS, 3x optical zoom; Ultra wide angle: 50 MP, f/2.0, 15mm, 119˚, 1/2.76", 0.64µm, AF.
• Front camera: 50 MP, f/2.0, 20mm (wide), 1/2.76", 0.64µm, AF.
• Video capture: Rear camera: 8K@30fps, 4K@30/60/120fps, 1080p@30/60/120/240fps, HDR, gyro-EIS, 4K@120fps 10-bit Log; Front camera: 4K@30/60fps, 1080p@30/60fps.
• Battery: 7500mAh; 90W wired, 40W wireless, Reverse wired.
• Connectivity: 5G; eSIM; Wi-Fi 7; BT 5.4/6.0, aptX HD, LHDC 5; NFC; Infrared port.
• Misc: Fingerprint scholar (under display, ultrasonic); stereo speakers.

The 90W wired and 40W wireless charging are modular for the full lineup, truthful kudos to vivo for delivering accelerated charging careless of the tier.

Last but not least, the X500 bid ships with vivo's latest OriginOS 7, which is coming to the planetary units arsenic well. The caller procreation of the OS has an adjacent stronger absorption connected fluidity and assets management.